Sharp County record., 1887-07-14
.x2KGNSAS STATE NEWS

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g.. a.,re-fous Fsurthi was very geil
s-Il,Iv celebrated throughout the Sla07
this year. .,.1o-
Two coIored men were kuocHeI on
f-s1rhr train at SnithtOu a Few nights
ago and badly used up o. had IN arm
bSo.-a1 in three places and his sklA
zIigh-lv fractured. The other IS badly IN
fured internally.
The trustees Of the Arkansas School Ior
the Blind have Just flashed putting N
the new steam laundry apparatus az II0
iosritut-o7. which was provide Ior oy
an act Of the last Legislature. The cost
was sI.1O0, while the appropriation "a'
900 in excess Of that amount
The first set Of weights and measures
N be tested by the Secretary OF otaIe
was received yesterday from FnIllps
Cou1tv II was a beautiful set OF al
b,.ass Instruments and in fle order. MI.
III Sdinu went TO work upon the task
when if was found the State would re-
ouIre some more apparatus.
The hoard Of trustees Of the Deat-Mute
Institute last week Opene and examiner
the bids for the work Of building the ad-
| dfrion TO that Institution, and found tnaI
each one exceeded the amount OF tue ap-
propriation. They changed the plans anu
/ advertised for new bids.
/ The Little Rock City Council, at re-
cent meeting, adopted a resolution IN AMI
mousIv inviting President Cleveland 10
/ continue h-s Western tour to that city,
| when ne visits St. Louis, where ne VIII
he entertained by all citizens, irrespective
/ of party or class. 4 certified copy VIII
| he forwarded to him, accompanied oy a
| DersouaI letter and invitation from Mayor
/ Whipple.
The smeIters Of the United States An
/ timonv Company at AntimOny City,
/ Sewer County, are at work. and nave
| been in operation constantly since tne
/ start day and night A perfect stream
/ of molten metal has been running from
| the tan. and many tons of ore are being
stored daily in the warehouse OF tne
| company. awaiting transportation The
ore is pronounced exceedingly rich IN an
/ timony, with good portion Of silver.
| In Louoke County, cattle are dying IN
| large numbers with what veterinary
surgeons pronounce splenic fever Inc
| losses in some localities have been very
| large. and so far no remedy has beer
| found to stop It's ravages.
| Freight Conductor Freeland and Brake
I men ". E. Thompson and P l. Jones, Of
| the Iron Mountain railroad, were arrested
at Little Rock a few days ago on teLe'
| gram from the chief Of police OF Clars
| County. charging them with murder
| Sheriff Hulsey says the charge IS thatt
/ coIored men got on the freiget train a.
| ArkadeIphia to 90 to Gurden. One paid
| thirty-fve cents and the other paid noth
/ ing. A brakeman demanded more money
/ and upon the refusal to pay anything
| knocked both Of the men from the tran
/ with a stick of wood, killing one and dan
gerousIy inj1ring the other.
In making the calculations for the dis
/ tribut1on of the $50, 600 back railroad
| taxes Ouachita County was left out witt
| the belief and understanding that the
| Gurdon branch was not completed tC
| Camden until 1892, but it now turns ou'
| that it was completed in 1881, and thus
/ riyes that county the bene fit Of one year
| tax. II will also add to the pro rata OF
| Clark County, as a portion Of the road
| runs through it. This will also diminish
! the pro rata Of the other counties a very
| little.
| A little Frenchman stole horse in Lit
| tie Rock a few nights ago and was landed
! in iail in ten minutes thereafter.
: an aunual meeting of the American
| Cotton OIL Trust in New York recently
Colonel E. Urquhart, Of Little Rock, was
elected on the board Of trustees.
A fatal affrsy occurred at Hensley, neal
Little Rock, a few days ago. The partic,
pauts were Willis Henderson and Charlie:
Bell and Peach Chatterson, all colored
Willis and Charles opened the ball witt
hoes. when Chatterson ran in with fish
| ing gig and knocked Willis down. Peact
| Chatterson fired a shotgun, but failed u
| hit. The cause Of the row is unknown
Two Of the parties are reported fatally IN
| jured.
Ouachits County is one Of the banner
counties Of South Arkansas and mus
| need, come to the front Her climate is
mild and healthy, her soil reasonably
fertile, her timber extensive and varied
in quality, and last her people are gen
erous and noble-hearted.
A terrible accident happened to H. A
BlakeIy engine wiper on the Frisco road
at Fort Smith a few days ago. While
attem pting to couple an engine to
freight-car he missed the coupling, anc
the front end Of the freight-car ran upor
the cowcatcher, crushing and mangline
Blakelys body The engine coupling-lins
ran into his bowels, and his left thigr
and leg were broken. The thigh bone
was driven into the intestines.
The Little Rock coroner was notified
the other day that the remains Of col
ored woman had been found on the lror
Mountain track, three miles south Of the
city. He Immediately proceeded to the
scene and there found most sickening
sight An unknown colored woman had
been caught by south bound train and
and literally torn to pieces, the remains
being scattered along the track for dis
tauce Of three hundred yards. The legs
were cut off, the head crushed and the
trunk mashed and cut to pieces. She had
worn a tall white hat, black jersey, q
brown linen duster, and had carried
her shoes and small bundle in her hands.
The remains were ordered buried by the
coroner.
The historic battle field Of Pea Ridge OF
Elkhorn is to receive large proportion
of attention this summer. Work has been
commenced on a monument which will
be erected to the memory Of Generals
Mccullough and Mcintosh, who fell there
a little than twenty y-fve years ago. 1t is
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